wakeful

Example Sentences

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Blocking these receptors leads to a more wakeful state that can increase focus, said Dr. Oliver Grundmann, who studies how plants affect the brain at the University of Florida.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2024

Still, midnight drives with a wakeful infant aren’t quite the same test he faces in his latest TV role.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024

Early morning light is detected by the suprachiasmatic gland, which sits above the optic nerves, and its instructions cause our bodies to stop melatonin production so we can feel wakeful throughout the day.

From Scientific American • Mar. 17, 2022

I was struck by the recurrent image of sleeping women and vigilantly wakeful ones — like Penelope — in literature and art.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2018

More wakeful than he’d been, he realized that winter had become less cold, and he bestirred himself to be up and around.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig